Acclaimed Indigenous leaders Clayton Thomas-Muller and Julian Brave NoiseCat are at the forefront of climate activism and environmental protection. Beyond organizing movements, these accomplished

Acclaimed Indigenous leaders Clayton Thomas-Muller and Julian Brave NoiseCat are at the forefront of climate activism and environmental protection. Beyond organizing movements, these accomplished writers offer incisive analyses connecting settler colonial capitalism, systemic failures, and ecological crises.

Join us for an intimate conversation with these close friends. They will share the personal stories behind their activism, discuss new projects, and articulate their hopes for the future.

The discussion will be moderated by Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yupik), Co-Director of the Bioneers Indigeneity Program. Learn more at Bioneers.org.

In her TEDxNSCCWaterfront talk, Mi’kmaw Poet Laureate Rebecca Thomas explains Etuaptmumk: Two-Eyed Seeing. This concept

In her TEDxNSCCWaterfront talk, Mi’kmaw Poet Laureate Rebecca Thomas explains Etuaptmumk: Two-Eyed Seeing. This concept encourages integrating the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges, using both perspectives for the benefit of all.

As Coordinator of Aboriginal Student Services and a spoken word artist, Thomas draws from her family’s residential school history to highlight the lack of First Nations perspectives in Halifax’s history. She uses her platform to bring a cultural voice to public discussion, believing poetry empowers the voiceless and fosters healing. “Poetry can give a voice to the voiceless. Poetry can make a powerless person feel powerful. This is why I speak,” she states.

Clayton Thomas-Muller, an organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, describes Canada’s growing Native-led

Clayton Thomas-Muller, an organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, describes Canada’s growing Native-led rights movement. Supported by diverse groups, it challenges the neo-liberal agenda that made Canada a petro-state, aiming to protect lands and people from extractive industries and their financiers.

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Published on September 25, 2013, this event emphasized how empowering innovation drives job creation. Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma,"

Published on September 25, 2013, this event emphasized how empowering innovation drives job creation. Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma," visited the RSA to explain how countries and companies can foster successful innovation and robust growth.

He was joined by discussant Tom Hulme, Design Director at IDEO and Managing Director of OpenIDEO/OIEngine, and chaired by Rohan Silva, entrepreneur-in-residence at Index Ventures and former senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister. Christensen's book is available for purchase on Amazon.

At the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference, Canadian activist Clayton Thomas-Muller delivered a speech addressing the devastating impact of Tar Sands on his people,

At the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference, Canadian activist Clayton Thomas-Muller delivered a speech addressing the devastating impact of Tar Sands on his people, describing it as a "science fiction nightmare."

A member of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) in Northern Manitoba, Thomas-Muller is a prominent advocate for indigenous self-determination and environmental justice.